Common
name: Rocky Mountain Iris or Wild Iris
Latin name: Iris missouriensis
Annual/Perennial:
Perennial Flowers: May to
July
Flower size: 3" - 4"
Found in: Foothills to Subalpine
Height: 18" - 24"
Invasive: No
Native species: Yes Useful in garden: Yes
Image taken: A little bird must have dropped a seed in my driveway.
This plant just appeared out of the "Blue".
Wildflower
Field notes: Rocky Mountain Iris is easy to identify. It
looks very similar to the cultivated varieties we all know.
Although the pictured plant is thriving in my arid dirt
driveway... look for them in moist meadows or clearings, and along
streams and ponds.
